Winifred Marie (Treloar) Bertrand was born on 4 February 1905 in Millom, Cumbria, England to Bennett and Mary Ellen (Harper) Treloar. She married Nelson Olivier Bertrand on 15 March 1924 in Butte, Montana. They were the parents of Donaldeen, Lenore, and Deanna. She passed on December 4, 1990 in Portland.